HISTORY CONCEPTS

History at school should be mainly about memorising dates and Historical events

• True because a student needs to know key information

• False because names are also important

• False because skills are more important than content

• True because it is important to have a good memory

The 16th Century means

• 1600s

• 1500s

• 1700s

• 1400s

Historians' knowledge of the past is complete and accurate?

• TRUE

• FALSE

The definition of a PRIMARY SOURCE is

• an original source

• an eyewitness account

• a source created in the period studied

• a source that has not been changed

The definition of a SECONDARY SOURCE is

• A source created after the period being studied

• A non-original source

• A non-eyewitness source

• A source produced during the period studied

2018 means more than 2000 years from what event?

• the year 0

• the birth of Christ

• The beginning of recorded time

• The death of Christ

A millennium is how many years?

• 100

• 10

• 500

• 1000

What does bias mean?

• How reliable a source is

• How one-sided a source is

• How correct a source is

Which of the following is in correct chronological order?

• 70BC 500BC 100AD 1100AD

• 70AD 100AD 500BC 11OOAD

• 500BC 70BC 100AD 1100AD

• 1100AD 500BC 70BC 100AD

Historical Context means

• How a source fits into History including when and where

• The events before a source was made

• How biased a source is

• How reliable a source is